A study is designed to examine the effectiveness of a program in which participants are taught anger management techniques. The best way to design this study is
a. With a within-subjects design, because there are contrast effects
b. With a within-subjects design, because there are order effects
c. With a between-subjects design, because there are contrast effects
d. With a between-subjects design, so as to increase external validity
c
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David McClelland (1958) selected pictures from the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) to further the study of the
a. need to affiliate. c. need for aggression. b. need for dominance. d. need to achieve.
The easier it is for people to remember an instance in which they were betrayed by a friend, the more they expect such an event to recur. This best illustrates the impact of
a. framing. b. confirmation bias. c. an algorithm. d. the availability heuristic.
Which statement about interventions designed to teach social problem solving is true?
A. They tend to focus on preschoolers from financially secure homes. B. They are effective for economically disadvantaged children but not for other children. C. They yield consistent gains in children's social competence. D. Improvements in social competence have little effect on behavior problems such as aggression.
The idea that self-esteem acts like a psychological gauge that monitors our relational value and the quality of our relationships is known as ________theory
a. sociometer b. social identity c. terror management d. optimal distinctiveness